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They hooted and laughed all the way back to the car, teasing Milkman, egging him on to tell more about how scared he was. And he told them. Laughing too, hard, loud, and long. Really laughing, and he found himself exhilarated by simply walking the earth. Walking it like he belonged on it; like his legs were stalks, tree trunks, a part of his body that extended down down down into the rock and soil, and were comfortable there--on the earth and on the place where he walked. And he did not limp. Toni Morrison
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the..."
A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life. W. Somerset Maugham
I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was shelving books at a branch of the Chicago Public Library.) Libraries are a pillar of any society. I believe our lack of attention to funding and caring for them properly in the United States has a direct bearing on problems of literacy, productivity, and our inability to compete in today's world. Libraries are everyman's free university. John Jakes
Augusten Burroughs quote: "This is what you should know about losing someone you love...."
This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them. Augusten Burroughs
At length the Lady Galadriel released them from her eyes, and she smiled. ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled,’ she said. ‘Tonight you shall sleep in peace.’ Then they sighed and felt suddenly weary, as those who have been questioned long and deeply, though no words had been spoken openly. J. R. R. Tolkien
Otto von Bismarck quote: "Hounds follow those who feed them."
Hounds follow those who feed them. Otto von Bismarck
Now here's somebody who wants to smoke a marijuana cigarette. If he's caught, he goes to jail. Now is that moral? Is that proper? I think it's absolutely disgraceful that our government, supposed to be our government, should be in the position of converting people who are not harming others into criminals, of destroying their lives, putting them in jail. That's the issue to me. The economic issue comes in only for explaining why it has those effects. But the economic reasons are not the reasons Milton Friedman
Yeah,” said Harry. “No more pretending we care what happens when Jupiter and Uranus get too friendly . . .” “And from now on, I don’t care if my tea leaves spell die, Ron, die — I’m just chucking them in the bin where they belong. J. K. Rowling
He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, "I shall win!"--the cry of a gambler, the cry of the great general, the compulsive cry that has ruined more men than it has ever saved. Honore de Balzac
This is the story of two men who met in a banana republic. One of them never did anything dishonest in his life except for one crazy minute. The other never did anything honest in his life except for one crazy minute. Preston Sturges
Mystics are all a bit funny in the head anyway," the priest added cynically, "which is why the church locks them all up in mental hospitals and euphemistically calls these institutions monasteries. Robert Anton Wilson
Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes. Kurt Vonnegut
Americans see democracy as a remedy for all ills-to be taken three times daily like prescription medicine. It works for them. Ergo - it should work for the world. What America navely forgets is that for democracy to function, most of a populace must have something personally that is worth preserving. Arthur Hailey
... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches. Frank Herbert
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of..."
How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them. Barbara Kingsolver

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